As a former player who attended college on a full golf scholarship and turned pro out of college, - golf instructor, assistant golf pro, and mini-tour player for 6 years, i can say yes, there are advantages.  But I can say in my personal experience that golf pro's can be a very selfish group.  Everything revolves around golf.  If the golf pro is a playing professional, meaning he makes money for his ability shoot low scroes - not from teaching, the golf pro may experience issues of self worth and how well he plays.  If the pro is a teacher then they may be able to trat their job as a job. 

I feel sorry for the several girlfriends I had during my 6 years as a golf pro.  They were not a priority in my life......reaching my goals were.  I would open the golf shop up at 6:00 a.m, get off at 3:00, practice for a few hours, then teach a few lessons.  I would often get home at 9:00/10:00 at night.  All my days off were spent playing golf tournaments.

If they get paid to work in the golf shop and punch the cash register, listen to people whine about the pace fo play, and sell merchandise, I can tell you the hours can be a drag.  Open golf shop up at 5:30 a.m. and often close it at 9:00 p.m.  Working weekends is not real fun either.

Anyways, that's my experience.  I left the golf business because I couldn't make it as a player and the thought of running member golf events on weekends hearing people complain about who they got paired with, why the other guy is a sandbagger, complain about the depth of the rough, and always being at the golf course when my kids are growing up just wasn't my goal in life.  Plus, members often treat employees of their country club like dirt.......hired hands.  I wanted to be the member....not be the one fetching their golf bag from the club room, cleaning carts, or sitting out in the hot sun helping 75 year old Mrs. Jones learn how to hit the ball 10 yards further.

Good luck with that.  Maybe it's radically different for Ron....I hope so.